Spotify today launches its Symbian music application for Nokia and other smartphones, as the music service opens its mobile offering up to a huge new audience.

Many of the world’s best-selling phones run on the Symbian* platform, with Spotify’s latest mobile application supporting a wide range of mid-to-high end Nokia smartphones, including the popular Nokia 6220 Classic, E71 and 5800 XpressMusic models.

The app will also run on a selection of Sony Ericsson and Samsung smartphones running the Symbian platform, such as the Samsung GT-I8910 Omnia HD and Sony Ericsson Satio.**

Spotify’s arrival on the Symbian platform, which has a global share of over 50% of all the world’s smartphones, follows Spotify’s launch on both the iPhone and Android-powered phones in September.

To get Spotify’s Symbian application, music fans can either download it directly to their phones by visiting http://www.spotify.com through their mobile web browser, or by entering their phone number on our new Symbian information page to receive instructions via an SMS.

Key features:

Listen to millions of tracks with Spotify’s constantly updated catalogue

Continue to run Spotify in the background while texting, making calls, web browsing etc

Playlists can be downloaded and played in offline mode when you have no connection, are on a plane or underground, or abroad

Search and stream music instantly. Browse by artist, title or album

Listen Create and synchronise playlists. Updates from the desktop application will be synced instantly and vice versa

Listen to tracks and albums in their entirety. Rewind, fast-forward, pause, skip and shuffle

Gustav Söderström, director of portable solutions at Spotify, says: “The launch of Spotify’s Symbian app opens up our mobile music service to potentially millions more music fans across Europe.

“Many mid to high-end Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung phone owners might be surprised to realise they can run Spotify on their phones. This takes our mobile music offering to a totally new level.”

Spotify Mobile is available to Spotify Premium subscribers in the UK, Spain, France, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Additional Spotify Premium features include higher sound quality, offline computer mode, travel access and no ads.

To sign up to the mobile service, music fans should visit the Spotify Premium product page to purchase a monthly or annual subscription.

Notes to editors

* About Symbian

The Symbian platform is open source software based on Symbian OS, the most widely used open operating system for mobile phones. The OS has been integrated with software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces. Source: www.symbian.org

*** Global smartphone market share, Q2 2009 (Canalys 2009)

About Spotify

Spotify is an innovative digital music service offering music fans instant access to a world of music. Spotify enables on-demand streaming of audio content and aims to be a better alternative to music piracy by offering a superior user experience, while monetising licensed content with both an ad-supported, free-to-the-user model and a premium, paid model. Spotify brings fans closer to the music and artists they love, and provides a marketplace for additional products such as live events, music downloads and more.www.spotify.com